June

the
Snarling
Exhaust
June 2008
In this issue:
Columns by Club Officers!
Solo Results!
Calendar of Events!
NEDiv Championship Aug. 8-10!
Monthly Membership Meeting:
Wednesday, June 11, 7:00 PM
American Legion Hall, Liverpool
A publication of the Central New York Region of the Sports Car Club of America
Who says the day of a
“barn find” in the
Syracuse area is long
gone?
the
CNY Region Contacts
Regional Executive
Mike Donofrio
315.451.7169
[email protected]
Assistant R.E.
Jon Coffin
315.469.9946
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Treasurer
Jay Cartini
315.676.4776
[email protected]
The Central New York Region of the
Sports Car Club of America
Activities Chair
Mike Mollura
315.453.2032
[email protected]
Membership Chair
Joe Kramer
CNY Region website: www.cny-scca.com
Points Keeper
Lori Newcomb
315.635.4894
Merchandise
Rex Franklin
[email protected]
Parliamentarian
Lee Hidy
Flagging/Communications
Mick Levy
315.673.0891
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Secretary
Rex Franklin
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Webmaster
Evan Haas
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Rally Chair
Frank Beyer
315.676.2021 X222
Solo Program Chair
Mark Bizzozero
315.247.8588
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Solo Board
Tina Reeves
585.429.7613
Jay Cartini
Jason Farr
SCCA National office: 1.800.770.2055
Competition/Licensing
Joseph Zingaro
Newsletter Editor
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Cover photo by “toneloc1958”. Rich
Mogle heads off the starting line in his
“Ram” A-Mod Special.
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From the Editor:
After I put the finishing touches on the latest
issue of the Snarling, I print out a copy and
browse through it to look for typos, goofs, and
other Bad Stuff. I also look at it to see how the
photos and graphics come across, whether the
content is “fun”, and how it represents the club.
I try to make sure that there is plenty of
“member” content each month, whether it be
articles, photos, results, or op-ed “columns”.
One thing that stands out for me is the
predominance of Solo-related content. This is
not due to an autocross bias on the part of this
editor, but rather because most of the time
that’s what I have.
I’d like to see this balance change, but I need
your help. If you attend the membership
meetings regularly, you know that club
members are doing other things besides
autocross.
Unfortunately,
much
of
this
interesting information on who is racing where,
how they did, how the event was, etc., doesn’t
make it to the pages of the Snarling.
Add to that all the members who are out there
driving, working events, and so on, and don’t
make it to the meetings, and this means a lot of
material which this editor ought to be seeing.
So, once again, I’m appealing to you club
members out there: Send stuff in to me! I would
love to have articles about racing, course
working, rallies, rallycross, or any other clubrelated activities you’re involved in.
Send me photos, or post them on the club
website in the photo gallery where I can cherry-
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Bob Purgason photo
pick them for the newsletter. Help an editor out, here,
people! Share your stories and photos with the club!
As I’ve said before, this club is about the people, and
this newsletter exists to communicate with the people
about the people. With more and different stories, the
newsletter will only be more interesting and more fun
to read.
Be seeing you,
-Karl
Funny Fuel
From the R.E., Mike Donofrio
As gas reaches $4.00 a gallon and diesel reaches
$5.00 I can’t help but think of alternatives. Not
only for your daily commute but also in the world
of motor sports.
The IRL has ethanol, ALMS have the Audi diesels,
and there is the VW TDI cup. A century’s length of
motor sports has proven that one form of racing
or another has been a proving ground for
concepts that change the way we drive. More
appropriately this testing changes what we drive.
Many manufacturers have tested their equipment
on the race track. Not just for notoriety, but most
importantly to test performance and reliability.
As many have now heard of or seen the Tesla
Roadster, a spin off of a Lotus Elise with battery
power. I can’t help but wonder how long it will be
before we see race teams changing batteries
during pit stops instead of fuel. Before too long
you will find powered by Duracell bumper stickers
instead of Sunoco.
only downside is the only noise you hear would
be tires.
The evolution of the automobile and auto racing
has created a worldwide phenomenon. Over 100
years of the automobile and I have a feeling the
next 10 may be the most interesting. I am just
glad we are here to experience it.
Gas electric hybrid technology in motor sports
may not be nearly as green as in street use, but it
does have some degree of practicality. Electric
power could be used during pit entry, exit, and
safety car periods. However I am surprised that
diesel has not been more popular even in club
racing applications, or solo. The low rpm torque
would pay off in tight corners.
The Tesla Roadster cup would be the series to
see, if it existed. 30 minute races, zero fuel
consumption, and max torque at 0 rpm’s. The
Open:
MON-FRI:
7:30 AM –
5:30 PM
SAT-SUN:
Call for
Hours
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Ramblings from Rex
As most of you have heard by now, on the first
weekend in May Karl Hughes, Jon Coffin and I
traipsed down to race up the hill at the
Hershey Vintage Hillclimb. Nice drive, lowkey event, everyone friendly, decent weather.
Karl and Jon were driving Karl's raceprepared BMW 2002 and I was driving, of
course, my old faithful Midget.
Saturday was beautiful, warm, just right. The
road up the hill was decent, mostly smooth,
some bumps, except a 4-5" dropoff at the
edge of the pavement. If you dropped a
wheel off, it was "Katie bar the door"! Nothing
but rocks and trees. No problem! We all had
uneventful runs, then enjoyed a catered
cookout in the paddock. We had a good
night's sleep and awoke to find it had rained
during the night, although not a real hard
one.
When we got to the track, we found it was
damp but drying out. I made one easy run
and decided not to chance any attempts at a
fast run and so I put my car on the trailer. On
Saturday I had the fastest run of the day and
didn't think that anyone would beat my "King
of the Hill" status.
Karl and Jon made several runs, the track
had effectively dried out and they were
having fun. Karl was making his last run
when the "other shoe dropped"! At the
absolute fastest spot at the end of the
straight approaching a slight right and then
a hairpin left, he let off the gas and his
throttle struck wide open! So with locked
brakes, foot on clutch, engine screaming, he
found the only spot on the whole course he
could miss the big trees, of course it was up a
stream bed, a very rocky stream bed, with the
smallest rocks basketball-sized, and mostly
bigger, but they stopped the car, right side
up. Karl was ok, no injuries at all.
Fortunately, he was experienced enough,
quick thinking enough, and reactive enough
to turn a potentially big accident to a no
injury, relatively minor vehicle damage
event. The Bimmer looks great from the
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bumper up!
A slight change of
subject. As most of
you know, I'm no
technophobe (whatever that is). Computers! Bleaugh!
Just a passing fad, like hoola hopps! Cell Phones! As
bad as my computer, and not much different. Little tiny
buttons, 6 million functions, 600 pages of instructions
and it even takes pictures! Why go to all the effort to
put names and phone numbers in the stinking thing,
then have to figure out how to scroll through for who
you want to call! If God had meant you to do that, he
wouldn't have made little pieces of paper to put in your
wallet! It's no damage to my hands to write out this
article, only to get carpel tunnel snydrome entering it
into the computer! I'm sure there's some master plan at
work!
As everyone can see, the Snarling has been late for the
last 2 or 3 months. I blamed Mike Donofrio because he
mails them; Mike blamed Karl Hughes for getting the
disk to the printer late; Karl blamed me and Mike for
getting our articles to him late. So --- Karl, Mike and I
got together and realized who were the real culprits!
We decided to put the blame on Mike Mollura and
Bruce Parker! So - now you know!!
Exhaust Pipe Dreams
From the Assistant R.E., Jon Coffin
When I dream, I'm usually looking ahead,
imagining what might be in the future, not
reviewing what was in the past, and certainly
trying to stay away from what might have been.
But looking back sometimes is fun and fine with
me. Certainly the older I get, the longer I've had
to have been fast. You've heard that cliché, "The
older I get, the faster I was." Looking back, I've
owned my silver Rabbit GTI from new, taking
delivery in early January, 1983, and this is the
latest in the year since then that I've put plates on
it.
So I haven't driven it yet this season, but I will
soon. There's an autocross weekend at the old
Seneca Army Depot the end of June; the weekend
before that, the Sports Car Club of Vermont is
running at the big go-kart track in Morristown,
and I'm instructing for the BMW CCA at Watkins
Glen the middle of the month. I'd like to run at all
those places.
I just got some new pads from RACEShopper.com,
good source, good price. I've gotta get some tires,
and I'll be shopping at the worst time for tires,
high demand. I've done this to myself before;
how come I haven't learned yet?? So I'll be able
to stop, and stick, how 'bout the go?
- Jane Quinn photo
Cherry Valley Motorsports Park yet? The new
operators are following their dreams with action
and money. The place is much improved
(although I'll long have a soft spot for Junior's
enthusiasm allowing us to keep running there.)
We'll be running at CVMP July 20th, and that's
something for many of us to look forward to.
And, congrats to Rex Franklin for his (again)
"King of the Hill" runs at the Hershey Vintage
Hillclimb in Pennsylvania in May. I'll leave
dreaming of being as good a driver this year as
Rex Franklin is now, even though he's much older
than I am.
-Jon Coffin
Well, I'll be going about as fast as I have before,
but I have to accept it probably won't be faster.
And, many others will be going faster than they
have been, as they learn to drive better, and the
cars are faster. It's amazing how much more
powerful and better-handling (some) cars keep
getting.
And, tracks, too! Have you seen the work done at
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Membership Korner
From the Membership Chair, Joe Kramer
It’s been a month or two since my last membership
column, so some of this is catch-up and some of it is
new.
One of the big changes this year is the
Weekend Membership program. In order to compete
in SCCA-sanctioned Solo or to participate as a club
racing crew member, non-members are required to
purchase a weekend membership for $15. Up to 2
weekend membership fees - $30 - can be applied to
a full SCCA membership if the weekend member
decides to join later. This means that the cost for a
non-member to participate in a CNY Solo event is
now $35 ($20 entry fee and $15 Weekend
Membership fee). A side effect of this new policy is
that the non-member entry fee for our Solo events
has been eliminated since every entrant must be a
member.
OK, now for the monthly membership content. First,
let me welcome to the CNY region the following new
members:
New Members:
• Remy Audette
• Francois Audette
• Mathieu Audette
• William Murtha
• James Quattro III and Amanda Quattro
• Adam J. Earle
• Daniel Maschinsky
• Dave Maschinsky
• Dunstin Bennet Ehrlich
• Timothy David Slusarczyck
• David Michael Mushynsky
• Mario Villeneuve
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Sebastien Durand
Jacques Cadorette
Daniel Wayne Modesitt
Chris P. Wysokowski
Daniel J. Cech
Matt Brown
Nathaniel Steele
Andrew Schmitt
William Meyer
Stephen Lerman
And now for some significant anniversaries:
Anniversaries (through 5/2008):
•
•
•
•
5 Years:
o George Nagle
10 Years:
o Tina Kelly Reilly, Jamie Reilly, and
Derek Reilly
o Marie T. Zingaro
o Richard A. Mogle
o Art Gallinger
15 Years (or 35 or 40 or whatever):
o Rex Franklin
25 Years:
o Hubert A. Minor
Region Events Calendar
May 14
May 18
June 8
June 11
July 20
July 9
August 3
Sept 6
Oct 5
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Membership meeting
Solo - Fairgrounds
Solo – TBD
Membership meeting
Solo - Cherry Valley
Membership meeting
Solo - Fairgrounds
Solo - Cherry Valley Night
Solo - Cherry Valley
Membership meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at the
Liverpool American Legion Post 188 205 Cypress St. in the village of Liverpool
Getting’ Schooled
By Joe Kramer
I had been struggling with the Big Bend turn at
Lime Rock Park all morning. I’d either miss the
first apex and nail the second or nail the first and
miss the second or miss both badly or…oh, well.
This was a school after all. I was here to learn. It
was 1975 and my friend Steve Johnson, race car
driver and builder, had given me the opportunity
to learn what this racing thing was all about by
allowing me to take his nationally competitive FProduction Spitfire to an SCCA driver’s school. I’m
still not sure what possessed Steve to make me an
offer I couldn’t refuse. But here I was, at the wheel
of a for-real race car on a for-real road racing
course.
And here was the Big Bend coming up fast again.
Nobody in front; check the mirrors; nobody behind;
watch the markers 200, 150 – BRAKE-TURN Nailed first apex…drifting wide…going to be way
late on second apex
unless…
And just that quickly blue
tire smoke was curling up
around the car as I
locked up the brakes,
looking directly back into
the exit of ol’ Big Bend as
the Spitfire spun off the
track backwards. It was
at about this time that I
remembered one of the
main points Steve had
made before setting me loose in his race car.
“Don’t lift off the gas. Once you get into a turn,
don’t lift. You can accelerate. You can feather it
through the turn. But don’t lift your right foot or
that thing will swap ends faster than you could
believe.” But, of course, for the smallest fraction of
a second I had forgotten and lifted just a bit trying
to hit that second apex.
The car came to rest in the grass on the outside of
the turn. I got the engine fired up (it had stalled
when I locked up the brakes during the spin), and
got the car turned around and ready to re-enter
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the course. I saw the flagger who would
wave me out at the proper time. He gave
me the count: 3-2-1-GO.
I dumped the
clutch and got back out onto the track. There
were other cars near me, so it was hard to
hear the Spit’s engine. I got through the
left-hander of the esses when it felt like I
was losing power. Damn! I had forgotten to
shift out of second and the engine was overrevving badly. So I shifted and kept going,
hoping that I hadn’t done any serious
damage.
Steve had to drive this car
tomorrow in a race. I finished the session
without further incident and headed for the
paddock.
“I spun it in Big Bend”, I confessed to Steve
as I got the helmet off and unbuckled the
harness, my hands still shaking from the
rush of adrenaline.
“I know. I saw you”, he said.
“What happened?”
“I lifted”, I said, ready for
the admonishment that was
sure to come, hoping that
he’d let me continue driving.
“That’ll teach you”, was all
he said.
And with that I
headed off to join the other
drivers for our instructor’s
critique as Steve and our
friend Buddy Norton tended
to the car. I didn’t mention
the over-revved engine. And although the
Spitfire had a ‘tell-tale’ tachometer that held
its highest reading and I know that Steve
must have noticed it, he never said a word.
But when I returned I stole a glance at the
tach: the tell-tale had been reset.
Steve had given me instructions or, more
accurately, restrictions for driving his car at
Lime Rock:
1. Don’t go over 7200 rpm in 4th gear.
2. Only pass on the downhill leading
into the main straight or on the main
straight itself.
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Membership meeting minutes
(Courtesy of Rex Franklin)
CNY General Membership Meeting Held on May 14, 2008 at American Legion in Liverpool, NY
Meeting called to order at 7:30 pm by RE Mike Donofrio.
RE - Discussed new track layout at Cherry Valley Kart Track.
Asst RE - Jon Coffin - not present.
Treasurer - Jay Cartini - not present.
Solo - Mark Bizzarro - April Solo a success, good turnout, good weather, good course. Possible
Solo site at ESM High School.
Secretary - Rex Franklin - Nothing to report.
Activities - Mike Mollurra - August 13th - Picnic/Meeting at Onondaga Lake Yacht Club. 50/50
Raffle.
F & C - Mike Levy - NY to Bejing race delayed due to troubles in China. RSI may boycott SCCA
non-pro events at the Glen due to an insurance dispute.
Old Biz - None
New Biz - Discussed a possible solo trials event at Seneca Army Depot.
Moved and Seconded to close meeting at 8:35 pm.
Submitted by Rex Franklin, Secretary.
The Northeast Divisional Championships will be held at Seneca Army Depot on August
8-10th. Information regarding on-line registration, lodging, event schedule, entry fee, etc will be
made available as soon as possible.
Regrettably, these dates confict with some regional events and in particular the Al Holbert
Memorial in Philly Region. It is my understanding that in the future there will be new incentives
to host the divisionals in the Northeast and that the date will be set at an earlier time and will be
better prepared and better supported.
In the meantime, we hope that competitors from areas that are not facing scheduling conflicts
will attend the Northeast Divisional Championship event which is being planned with an eye
toward maximum enjoyment of the attendees.
Sincerely,
Jim Garry
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http://www.nedivsolo.org/08divisionals/
Solo Results
Final Results, #2 - Autox #2 - Fairgrounds – May 18, 2008
Total Registered: 60, with Times: 57
'A Stock' - Total Entries: 3 Trophies: 1 Car Color
Region
1T 45 Semper, James
2008 Honda S2000
2
47 Chris, Wysokowski
2002 S2000
6
7
Honda S2000
Stempowski, James
'B Stock' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1 Car Color
1T 69 Lerman, Stephen
88 Porsche 911
2
76 Eichelberger, Shaun
CNY
Region
2007 Mazda RX8
'C Stock' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Car Color
1T 83 Donofrio, Mike Mazda Miata Silver CNY
Region
'D Stock' - Total Entries: 4 Trophies: 2 Car Color
1Tm 68 Izyk, John
2003 WRX WR Blue CNY
Region
2T
274 Shebat, Cole
Mazda Mazdaspeed3 black
3
1
1998 Mazdaspeed 3
4
247 Tracey, Ashley 2008 MazdaSpeed 3
Dolan, Chris
'E Stock' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1 Car Color
1T 11 Cuda, Greg
1990 Mazda Miata
2
17 Cuda, Susan
Region
1990 Mazda Miata
'F Stock' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Car Color
1T 88 Hampton, Coty 1994 Ford Thunderbird
Region
'G Stock' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Car Color
1T 14 Elve, Charlie Mini cooper s red/white
Region
CNY
'H Stock' - Total Entries: 10 Trophies: 4 Car Color
1T 22 Weaver, Jeff
Region
2T
711 Bizzozero, Mark
CNY
3T
3
4T
38 Quattro, James Toyota
Yaris
5
34 Bhagalia, Zarosh
1999 VW Beetle
6
67 Hunt, Peter
1992 Honda Civic
7
8
01 Honda Civic
8
167 Hunt, Bradfurd 1992 Honda Civic
9
137 Mushynsky, Dave
2008 Scion xD
10
4
1999 Volkswagon Beetle
Hargrave, Michael
Sky, David
Bhagalia, Ashley
Results continued on Page 12
Mini Cooper Red
06 Mazda 3
Blue
CNY
Times
41.417
40.683
41.449
43.052
40.982
40.335
42.159
41.551
Total
40.335
41.449
1.114
DNS
Times
Total
43.234+1 43.970
45.379
43.970
45.627
OFF
46.816
48.046
46.816
46.867
2.846
Times
Total
39.669 39.550
39.680
39.550
41.633
Times
Total
40.440 41.675
51.640+2
40.440
52.671
42.892 41.702
43.310
41.702
43.691
1.262
47.970 44.676
43.752
42.732
42.732
1.030
49.104+1 44.057+1
OFF
44.774
44.774
2.042
Times
Total
53.866 50.186
47.961
47.109
47.109
76.934+DNF 56.680+DNF 54.097+DNF DNF
53.517+DNF
47.109
Times
Total
49.298 47.270
46.412
46.412
47.091
Times
Total
42.238 41.626
40.608
40.185
40.185
Times
Total
41.968 40.721
40.888
40.335
40.335
41.390 41.005
43.204
41.005
0.670
43.425 44.454
42.525
42.525
1.520
44.710 44.498
44.384+1
44.498
46.571+2
1.973
45.205 45.017
44.663+1
44.875
44.875
0.377
536.103 45.630
44.941
44.941
47.018
0.066
45.300 50.546+DNF 45.106
45.008
45.008
0.067
46.057 46.529
OFF
46.057
49.060
1.049
47.736 48.624
47.692
47.430
47.430
1.373
51.865 48.249
49.531
48.249
0.819
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Results continued…
Results continued from Page 11
'BSP' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Car Color
Region
1T 13 Ehrlich, Dustin
Subaru Sti Blue CNY
'CSP' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1 Car Color
Region
1T 8 Newton, Scott
Porsche 944 Red CNY
2
98 Cosentino, Joseph L.
1989 Honda CRX Si
'ESP' - Total Entries: 3 Trophies: 1 Car Color
Region
1T 92 Hudson, Craig
Subaru WRX Red CNY
2
9
Sauginas, Justin
Times
40.727
39.896
Times
40.022
39.392
44.495
44.042
Times
39.322
41.034
2006 Subaru WRX
'F Prep' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Car Color
Region
1T 47 Darminio, Mike
1973 Porsche 914
40.122
42.311
41.875
Times
45.175
'A Mod' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1 Car Color
1Tm 4 Mogle, Richard
2006 Ram
Times
43.785
3
75 Brown, Matt
2 m 14 Mogle, Caye
Subaru WRX Black CNY
Region
Kart
41.813
40.606
40.199+9
40.004
43.618
OFF
37.579
40.160
44.338
41.929
41.419
42.205
45.390
43.661
42.629
60.093
48.668
'D Mod' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1 Car Color
Region
1Tm 22 Franklin, Rex
1962 MG Midget
61.128
47.519
Times
38.299
36.941
2 m 122 Franklin, Tammy
44.479
41.042
1962 MG Midget
'F Mod' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1
1Tm 8 Quinn, Michelle
Car Color
Region
Times
'Street Touring (Tire)' - Entries: 3 Trophies: 1 Car Color Region Times
1T 168 Hirschey, Pete
Impreza RS 2.5 White CNY 41.950
45.280
2
1 Stout, Ryan
99 Subaru Impreza 2.5
43.414
42.942
3
68 Sawyer, Leo
Subaru 2.5 RS Yellow CNY 44.162
'Street Mod' - Entries: 5 Trophies: 2
Car Color
1T 79 Gravius, Mark
Camaro Black
Total
41.562
42.345+1
42.396
0.834
43.374
43.374
0.978
Total
43.147
38.935
57.949+DNF 39.856
0.921
40.293+1
40.648
0.792
42.439
42.074
1.426
43.826
43.714
1.640
Total
39.036
37.615
Total
46.114
45.297
56.423
56.423
11.126
42.671
42.396
45.559
Times
39.714 38.935
42.509
2T 23 Slusarczyk, Tim
VW GTI Black CNY
41.947+1 39.856
40.150
3
42 Hutchinson, Richard
Impreza WRX STi Grey FLR 41.307 41.420
40.648
4
462 Sgarlata, Robert
Subaru SVX Pearl White CNY 42.074 41.874+1
43.191+1
5
83 Cech, Dan
44.100 45.247
43.714
'F125 Kart' - Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Car Color
Region
Times
1Tm 11 Cartini, Jay
Kart
41.454 40.410
37.615
'Jr Kart 1' - Total Entries: 2 Trophies: 1 Car Color
Region
Times
1Tm 3 Cartini, Hollie
Kart
46.505 45.297
45.383
2
2 Cartini, Halie
Kart
63.972 61.833
79.935
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Region
CNY
41.562
Total
39.896
Total
39.392
43.618
4.226
Total
37.579
41.255
2.543
41.419
1.297
Total
45.175
Total
42.615
47.519
4.904
Total
36.941
41.042
4.101
Total
DNS
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Results continued…
'Jr Kart 2' - Total Entries: 1 Trophies: 1 Car Color
1Tm 181 Mogle, Jonathan
Kart
Region
'Novice (pax)' - Entries: 11 Trophies: 4 Car Color
Region
1T HS 89 Hunt, David
1997 Subaru Legacy
2T
STS 28 Earle, Adam
Mazda RX-8 Black CNY
3T
HS 189 Hunt, Jeff
1997 Subaru Legacy
4T
STU 15 Devendorf, Matt
2008 Subaru WRX
5
AS 7 Maschinsky, Dave
2006 Honda 2006
6
SM 21 Lopez, Matt
1991 Nissan 240sx
7
ES 46 Maschinsky, Daniel
Toyota MR2 White CNY
8
STS 99 Koch, Albert
9
AS 688 Suchon, Edward
10
HS 77 Alberts, Laura
1988 Chevrolet Corvette
Times
44.775 43.562
43.998
Times
44.034 43.419
44.721
44.118 42.571
42.179
46.419 44.508
45.870
45.637 44.135
42.770
43.838+1 42.544
43.027
50.888 45.021
42.761
45.125 45.344
46.159
48.559 47.142
49.490
55.115 47.381
49.112
54.564 54.954
53.314
46.099
42.898+1
42.459
45.762
43.428
43.385
42.942
46.535
47.247
47.184+1
53.854
Total
43.562
Total
34.387
34.418
0.031
35.250
0.832
35.499
0.249
35.822
0.323
36.774
0.952
36.867
0.093
38.467
1.600
39.894
1.427
42.224
2.330
Top Times Of Day
Raw time
Time
36.941
Class
EM
Car Num Driver
22
Franklin, Rex
Stock
Street Prepared
Prepared
Modified
Touring
Street Modified
Kart
Junior Kart
39.550
37.579
45.175
36.941
41.562
38.935
37.615
43.562
CS
ESP
FP
EM
STS
SM
F125
FJ2
83
92
47
22
168
79
11
181
Donofrio, Mike
Hudson, Craig
Darminio, Mike
Franklin, Rex
Hirschey, Pete
Gravius, Mark
Cartini, Jay
Mogle, Jonathan
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Getting’ Schooled continued…
3. If you crash it, you own it.
#1 was meant to limit my top speed. #2 was to
keep me out of trouble since this was a school
and some strange things can happen out there.
#3 was really a notice of indentured servitude to
Steve if I somehow wrote the car off. He knew
there was no way I could pay him for it.
One consequence of #2 was that I was often
taking what might at best be called an
unorthodox line through the turn onto the main
straight. I would pass as many cars as I could
on the downhill section, then get on the brakes
hard and just sort of drive around the turn
without worrying about apexes and such. Steve
took this as an indication that I needed some
personal instruction and waved me in. He had
insisted that I install a passenger seat and
harness earlier in the week for just such an
occasion. With Steve at the wheel we headed
back out. Steve would show with hand gestures
where the car should go as we approached each
turn, then would put it right on the line he had
indicated. On about Steve’s fifth lap, the car
suddenly lost power and the engine sounded
sick. Steve got it around to the pits and pulled
off.
We pushed it to our paddock spot and
started to investigate. When the valve cover
came off, our problem was plain – the engine
had swallowed a valve.
It looked like the
driving was over for this school, but the real
work was about to begin.
Steve had the foresight to have me drive his
street spitfire to the track while he and Buddy
towed their cars up. Since both of them raced
Spitfires, having a parts car handy seemed like
a good idea. And that was what the street car
had now become. Its short block needed to get
into the race car and be ready for Saturday’s
race.
All three of us grabbed tools and descended on
the two cars.
Among us we had extensive
experience with British cars, and Spitfires in
particular. Even so, it was impressive that with a
few hours of hectic activity we swapped the
street engine into the race car and it was
running. The only problem now was that we
had a disabled street car and no way to get it
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home. It was Buddy to the rescue. He called
his dad, Omer, who had a tow vehicle and
trailer available. Omer abandoned whatever
other plans he had for Saturday to drive to
Lime Rock to rescue the street car for Steve.
Steve was rightly concerned about the motor.
60,000 miles of wear and tear had
accumulated on it over the years, and now he
was going to ask it to take the abuse of 20
laps of harsh racing conditions. On Saturday
morning he went out for a practice session.
When he came in after about 10 minutes his
only words were “where’s the duct tape?”
“What’s wrong?” Buddy asked.
“The gauges are doing bad things”, Steve
answered. “I don’t want to look at them. The
tach’s the only thing I want to see.” When the
duct tape appeared, Steve used it to mask all
the gauges, leaving the tach visible so that he
could see it for shift points, since he wasn’t
going to be winding this tired engine as tight
as the racing one. A small group of curious
onlookers gathered, several of whom snapped
pictures of the dashboard.
Although the Spitfire was down on power,
Steve drove the wheels off it and managed to
hold 2nd place. On the final lap of the race, as
he approached the checkered flag, a plume of
blue smoke belched from the car – the street
engine had just bitten the dust. But it had
powered Steve to the finish line, earning him
valuable championship points. We gathered
up our broken machines and made for home.
It was sometime during that next week that a
racing acquaintance of Steve’s stopped by the
shop.
Steve was relating the weekend’s
travails when the acquaintance asked if we
knew what caused the broken valve on the
racing motor. I held my breath, sure that he
knew what might have caused the failure, and
who was responsible.
“Random failure”, he said, shrugging it off.
Yes, sir. I sure learned a lot
from that weekend.
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